YouTube - AT&T You Will Ads From 1993 - Amazingly accurate predictions
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It's really not too difficult for large companies like AT&T to predict 7 years ahead. Their R&D departments are well ahead of what is available in the market. I started working for Kodak in '82 as the disc film equipment was making it's debut their shops. Rumor was going around that Kodak Park leaders were saying that 35mm film was dead and we all thought they were crazy. Little did we know that Mr. Sutton, a Kodak R&D scientist invented digital photography. Where is 35mm film now? It would really be interesting to see what some of these companies have in their R&D departments. I got to see some of Kodak's and was amazed. Some of the stuff I saw still isn't being sold to the public. Now if AT&T predicted my ex wife and the problems I had with her I would say they predicted the future! LOL :)
Because of those predictions I can't sit on the beach in peace without work "can ya just hop on for one moment and take a look at something?"
I can hear Lewis Black right now... Sure, I'll hop right on the FU bus right now! FU you incompetent little S!
Seventeen years ago. That's pretty impressive. Sure, R&D create things and technologies oftentimes years prior to public introduction; I'd sure like to know what technologies would be the norm seventeen years from now and I hope they'd improve and enrich the lives of the majority of humanity.
Chris L
Progress doesn't come in even steps. Some facets develop by leaps and bounds and some like a snail. I remember the N.Y Worlds fair in 1964 and the predictions made by all the commercial exhibitors for what the world would be like 25-30 years down the road. Boy were they wrong.
When you really think about it the typical persons life in 1900 is not unlike ours. We still get up go to work and toil and get old, sick and die. It's all the window dressing and gee wiz stuff that has changed.
holy cow i remember watching those commercials when they came out and though "that would be really cool if they could actually do that" now its not really cool its just part of life :shrug:
-dan-
Yeah, yeah, how come they couldn't predict Lady Gaga? Or did they just keep it to themselves :)
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two words: poker faceQuote:
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Resistance is futile...... you will be absorbed..............:borg::borg::borg::borg:
poke her face?Quote:
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How do you know they're not the ones ultimately responsible for her?Quote:
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Wow, those were in 1993? I still say "And the company that will bring it to you? AT&T." I didn't realize it was a habit that I've had for that long.
Now there's a conspiracy theory in the making! LOL, of all the low down black book projects, foisting Lady Gaga onto society has to be the worst!Quote:
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You want to hear the full theory? Well here goes.
A sellect group of tellecomunications companies have been conspiring with media production companies to lower the standard of what we call entertainment. You can see how long this has been going on by looking back and seeing how long ago a decent song was released.
The reason for this: Even way back then these companies wanted to have a 'device' in every hand, pocket, handbag and school bag. When you think about it, some of these devices work as a phone, but all they really do is play what passes for music, music videos, and vidoe clips of people who like to be watched.
Now imagine if our sense of entertainment had not been corrupted. There would not be enough media to support the industry of making these Black Berries, Ipads, Ipods, Iphones and Ihands.
OOps, I've said too much.
I dont really bother with media on my smartphone. I use it for communication(voice,text,email) mostly.
Web browsing some for news and weather.
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Isn't a lot of the modern technology developed by the military years ago? It takes a long time until it's used for commercial purposes. Lot at one of the newest and most modern aircraft the F22 Raptor. It takes a decade or more before these planes are commissioned. That doesn't mean that technology used on the jet doesn't evolve over the years, but they are obsolete from a technology perspective before they leave the assembly line.
And bidding on straight razors and posting on the SRP.Quote:
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